No matter what you love about running, Strength Running is here to help you get better at it.

Because no matter how you slice it, runners are way more similar than we are different. After all, training principles are universal.

If you’re a 38-year old mom in California training for her first half marathon, then the same principles work for you as they do for a senior citizen in South Africa training for his 5th ultra marathon.

Our approach to training is multi-faceted:

We focus on the fundamentals – because they’re the most important building blocks of your future success

We also do the little things – because strength work, dynamic stretching, and drills help us become better athletes

We know that consistency over time is the real “secret sauce” to successful running (and have a shirt to prove it)

We recognize that prioritizing injury prevention, while not sexy, improves consistency and ultimately makes you faster

If you’re not enjoying yourself, what’s the point?

This ruthless focus on what actually works – rather than chasing shiny red balls – has produced remarkable results for our community.

Thousands of athletes have successfully treated overuse injuries, stayed healthier far longer than ever before, and now know how to prevent injuries long-term.

Most of the time, getting yelled at while running or asked silly questions just makes me laugh.

Being different is unique. It makes us who we are. It brings us closer together as a running community.

And at Strength Running, we embrace that culture.

What is Strength Running?

In 2007, I had the crazy idea to coach runners on the internet. So I bought the domain name strengthrunning.com… and did nothing.

I sat on that name for three years until I realized that doing nothing is the surest path to mediocrity.

Taking action is what matters.

So even though I had no design, programming, or other technical skills I started to write for this blog consistently twice per week.

Soon I had a few hundred readers. Then a few thousand. After awhile, I got the attention of other big websites and started contributing to Active, Health Magazine, Huffington Post, and even Runner’s World.

And while it’s fun to go on HuffPo Live, speak at conferences, or know that nearly 100,000 runners read my coaching advice – the best part of my job is your tangible improvement.

That’s why I spend most of my time creating the best possible training material to help you get faster and stay healthy.

The overall goal of Strength Running is to elevate the sport of running. And you can rest assured that our coaching programs are exhaustively researched (some took years to create), tested, and proven to work:

Nutrition for Runnersis the only program created by both a USATF-certified coach and Registered Dietitian to help you fuel more intelligently and lose weight sustainably.

Project: Runneris like Couch to 5k except better: innovative, flexible training plans, coaching guidance, and video lessons to get you from not being able to run a mile to finishing a 5k with no walking in 10 weeks

The PR Race Plan is our most popular coaching service: a custom training program built to your unique fitness level, goals, schedule, injury background, and strengths.

And I’m proud that 98% of our material is completely free. With nearly 600 blog posts, 100+ videos, and a growing library of podcast episodes, there’s something for every type of runner.

Even if you never purchase anything from us, I hope you find immense value in everything that’s created here to help your running.

No matter what type of runner you are, Strength Running can help you accomplish your goals.

Join the Strength Running Community

You might have stumbled upon SR from Google. Or maybe you read something I wrote on Competitor or the MapMyRun blog.

No matter how you got here, welcome! I’m glad you’re a part of the SR family now.

But you might want to get more involved. How do you get our best stuff?

If there’s a specific topic you want to learn more about, get our free email courses: